it was a weather pattern that I have not seen before, not that I'm an expert, but I know enough to know it is not common
There will be more of this.
Right now, it's absolutely strange here.
Whereas our humidity usually runs 85-95%, it is currently at 52%. The temperature for the past 2 days has been running at an average 20 degreesF lower than it was and usually does. The sky is overcast, and the leaves have a drooping, bluish tint. It could be worse, but these things are the fisherman's cues that something is coming. Wish I had a barometric pressure guage.
Yesterday, I read that there were 4 different tropical cyclones forming in the Atlantic: today, all the info on that has disappeared. Is it a function of the new NWS policy to withhold info, or did all those troughs/ridges dissipate? The maps look pretty good. But something is afoot.